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Saab Experimenting with Graphene in Camouflage Products
August 7, 2015 @ 10:37 AMSaab is exploring a new conductive ultra-light and strong material, ‘Graphene to use it in camouflage and other defense and security products. Graphene is the worlds first 2D material obtained in 2004
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Rheinmetall Defense Sales Up 18% in First Half 2015
August 6, 2015 @ 04:02 PMRheinmetall Defense sales rose by €159 million or 18% to €1,054 million in the first six months of 2015 (first half year 2014: €895 million). Adjusted for currency effects, the growth was 15%, the company announced today
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Remove Hurdles For Indian Firms In Defense Manufacturing: ASSOCHAM
July 29, 2015 @ 01:12 PMDilution of stringent conditions, removing nomination based Defense Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) contracts, and setting indigenization target with a time frame will encourage Indian domestic companies to take part in defense equipment manufacturing. The Indian government should set indigenization target within a time frame to encourage domestic companies to take part in Defense equipment manufacturing
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Jordan Receives 16 Retired Cobra Combat Helicopters From Israel For Border Security
July 24, 2015 @ 10:11 AMJordan has received close to 16 retired US supplied Cobra combat helicopters free of charge from Israel to counter insurgents on the Syrian and Iraqi borders. “The handover initiated last year was approved by Washington, which provided mechanical overhauls for the aircraft before they were incorporated free of charge in Jordans existing Cobra fleet,” Reuters quoted an US official as saying Thursday
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Indigenizing Aircraft Not In Indian Navy’s Plans
July 22, 2015 @ 12:29 PMLocal manufacturing of fighter and reconnaissance aircraft is not on the indigenization agenda of the Indian Navy for the next 15 years. India has a huge requirement of carrier borne fighter aircraft as it is building its indigenous aircraft carrier and has another bigger carrier on the drawing board besides a steadily growing requirement for maritime surveillance planes
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Tomorrow’s Missiles To Be printed, Not Manufactured
July 20, 2015 @ 03:38 PMResearchers at Raytheon Missile Systems have been using additive manufacturing technology, known as 3D printing, to create guided weapons components including rocket engines, fins and parts. “You could potentially have these in the field,” said Jeremy Danforth, a Raytheon engineer who has printed working rocket motors in the company's statement today “Machines making machines
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Dassault To Double Rafale Production
July 20, 2015 @ 01:40 PMDassault has decided to double the production from 11 and the number of annual deliveries would increase from 2018. Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Eric Trappier was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday that he had decided to raise Rafale production in anticipation of further export orders for the fighter jet
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Eurofighter’s Agility, Weapon Carrying Capability Boosted
July 16, 2015 @ 10:24 AMAirbus has successfully flight-tested aerodynamic upgrades to Eurofighter Typhoon swing-role fighter that boost the agility and weapon carrying capacity. The Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK) is part of a wider Eurofighter Enhanced Manoeuvrability (EFEM) programme with the potential to help ensure the type's continuing superiority for many years to come, the Airbus announced Wednesday
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Ukraine Records Increase in Defence Exports During 2014
July 9, 2015 @ 02:01 PMUkraine exported over 27000 firearms to 19 countries in 2014, over two thirds of them to the US and Canada. According to a report by the Ukrainian State Export Control Service on international shipments of certain types of weaponry in 2014, Canada exported 10,400 rifles, the US 10, 166 rifles, the Czech republic 5,000 rifles, Uganda 3,000 rifles and Georgia 100 rifles
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Thieves Steal Munitions From French Military Base
July 9, 2015 @ 01:20 PMGrenades, detonators and plastic explosives have been reportedly stolen from a major military base in France. According to a report by the Telegraph quoting judicial sources, the "Very well informed" thieves broke into the Miramas arms depot northwest of Marseille, southern France, in the early hours of Monday cut open two wire fences
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to A400M Aircraft...
Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles